Program Manager

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Delta is an AS9100 registered facility which manufactures prototype and production gears and housings to support the aerospace and defense industries.

Job Summary: The Program Manager willprovide day-to-day leadership and function as the liaison between the customer and the Company to ensure that the parts produced meet the customer’s delivery and quality goals as well as the Company’s cost and profitability goals. They serve in a matrix organization to ensure company commitments are met, drive customer satisfaction through constant interaction with the customer and the entire organization in a positive manner, develop and maintain management tools/metrics to monitor and report progress from contract award to contract closeout.

Key Responsibilities:

• Interface with operations to ensure that quality parts that meet or beat cost and profitability targets are delivered to the customer on time.
• Provide “sense of urgency” for the entire Delta Organization as it pertains to the assigned program(s)
• Conduct contract review and manage new production introduction processes.
• Interface with Business Development and Sales in the managing of new projects from the bid review cycle to contract award
• Communicate target pricing to Procurement and monitor that purchase orders issued either meet or beat the target pricing.
• Collaborate with Outside Services purchasing team to ensure that price and turn times meet or beat established targets.
• Interface with Programming to ensure that programs are developed to maximize productivity and efficiency.
• Provide target production labor hours to Plant Manager and monitor production to ensure that goals, including machine utilization and efficiency, are met for every part produced.
• Support the development of the working relationship with the customer through a thorough understanding of the customer’s business philosophy, product designs, manufacturing process and systems, cost, quality, and delivery requirements.
• Review customer change orders and proposed price adjustments.
• Ensure Customer Commitments are made through diligent follow-up with all functions of the company.
• Maintain 98% On Time Delivery as well as a 99.7% quality rating through collaboration with all departments within Delta.
• Submit weekly reports to leadership team.
• Provide Monthly 30 / 60 / 90-day forecast for programs.
• Lead and conduct regular program review meetings with the business unit to address program progress in achieving customer requirements in the areas of cost, quality, and delivery.
• Participate in the development of the objectives and business plans of the enterprise and share responsibility for the general management of the business to achieve the targets set by the company.
• Communicate effectively (verbal and written) with all contacts.

Job Qualifications:

• BS degree in engineering, science, or business.
• 3+ years applicable industry/program management/customer service experience desired.
• Demonstrated ability to influence across functional lines within the company and within customer organizations.
• Proficiency in EXCEL including Pivot Tables customer Portals and ERP systems is helpful
• Ideal candidate comes from “production control environment” and/ or “purchasing.”
• U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident (ITAR requirement)
• Read, write, and speak English fluently.
• Sense of urgency
• Ability to meet frequent short timeline goals and deadlines and manage competing priorities.

The Delta Companies is an Equal Opportunity Employer

The Delta Companies are an Equal Employment Opportunity in the workplace without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, disability, or veteran status.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.